Senior Systems Engineer

We are seeking a full-time Senior Systems Engineer to lead development and integration of a multi-disciplinary (science, hardware, firmware, software, clinical, mechanical) team developing ultrasound acquisition and therapy systems for research and clinical applications.  The candidate will work with marketing, sales, researchers, and the cross-functional technical team to develop requirements and risk assessments, and ensure alignment across the development organization, and that requirements are met. 

We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated and has excellent teamwork skills, communication skills, team leadership skills.  You will need to have a preference towards proactivity, be highly adaptable, and possess an intrinsic drive to create excellent designs and meet customer needs.

As a Senior Systems Engineer you will: 

• Lead cross-functional technical teams developing ultrasound acquisition and therapy systems and features for use by academic researchers and start-up medical companies
• Work across multiple functional teams to lead them through requirements definition, technical specification development, feature definition, risk assessment, system-level project planning, system design, and system integration and verification
• Manage daily system-level and feature-level activities, as well as scope change, risk management, and stakeholder communication for multiple parallel projects
• Lead system integration efforts including developing and executing integration plans across features and projects
• Occasionally lead the medical device-related design controls including product definition, system architecture, requirements writing, requirements management, risk analysis, hazard analysis, product test and evaluation, system verification and validation, and/or design control documentation
• Strive for excellence, inspire others, and mentor earlier-career engineers
• Work with a high degree of autonomy and want to be part of a culture of accountability, transparency, and cross-functional teamwork
• Work with managers and others to improve processes and tools
• Believe that sharing knowledge and working cross-functionally strengthens the organization and leads to higher quality products

Required Experience: 

• Bachelor or Masters in Physics, Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• 5+ years experience in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ultrasound Engineering, Software Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or Biophysics
• One of your strongest attributes is positively influencing other individuals for whom you would not have a direct reporting relationship
• Understanding of the practical application of Systems Engineering, software and hardware engineering methodologies, project engineering, requirement management, and design controls in product development

Desired Experience:

• Experience applying instrumentation and medical device standards to product development
• Ideal candidate will have experience in medical ultrasound, NDE or NDT, and working with academic researchers

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

Comprehensive Benefits Package for regular employees working 20+ hours/week: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D, EAP, LTD, 401k with 3% Safe Harbor contribution, up to 15 days Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Leave (1.56 hours for every 40 worked), 9 Paid Holidays + 1 Floating day, educational reimbursement, and annual discretionary bonuses.

Verasonics is an equal opportunity employer.  We will not discriminate on the basis of, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, race, sex, gender, religion, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, national origin, genetics/genetic markers, military or Veterans status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.